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| The sound of my new electrical service: Day 1 Some good comments by the others, but the first thing I would do is to get a multimeter and measure the AC line voltage. Perhaps it is significantly higher than it had been, and perhaps your vintage equipment isn't happy with that. Or perhaps for ... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? Hi Unsound,I essentially agree, except that I would substitute the words "the majority of speakers" for "typical speakers." I would put it that the majority of speakers are designed to provide flattest frequency response when driven by solid state... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? Hi Bob,Thanks for the clarification. Bruce's (Bifwynne's) explanation of my comment that you questioned was a good one, and I think that your understandings that you've described are also correct. In the case of nearly all solid state amplifiers (... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? I understand ... the output impedance interaction with the load impedance. I don't understand why the ohms law computation of power in different frequency ranges due to different load impedance has any bearing. As long as the frequency response is... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? A point I would add to my previous post: SETs will typically have distortion levels that are vanishingly low when small amounts of power are being delivered, and that increase considerably as their maximum power ratings are approached or exceeded.... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? 03-16-14: DopogueMy 12wpc SET monoblocks (845 output tubes, EL-34 drivers) designed and built by a friend sounded much more authoritative and powerful than the CJ Premier 12 monoblocks (140 wpc) I used to have.So, for me, this contention -- tube w... | |
| Upgrade from Cambridge Audio 840C to lessen glare? Brianam 03-14-14 Am currently using both of the 840C's digital in's.Are the symptoms consistent between CD playback and playback from whatever sources are feeding these inputs?Also, one thing I would try before replacing the 840C is changing its c... | |
| How do I hook uo headphones to my system? Agreed, George. I was also envisioning an approach using a line-level switchbox, as described below.Zavato, before I get into that I want to mention a point that I think should be kept in mind. For some and perhaps all of your source components th... | |
| How do I hook uo headphones to my system? George, note that he has three sources, not just a CD player. The model numbers are indicated in his system description.Zavato, I think I have a fairly nice solution to propose, which I'll probably have time to write up in the morning. First, thou... | |
| How do I hook uo headphones to my system? Wolfie's suggestion is a good one IF engaging the mute function on the INT-150 to disable its outputs to the speakers does not also disable the pre-outs. I don't know whether or not that is the case, and the manual does not provide an answer. Perh... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers 03-12-14: KnghifiAlmarg, do you remember hearing or seeing them in the theaters growing up?If I ever heard any of the classic Western Electric theater gear in my younger days, I was too uninformed to realize it. And I suspect that in many or most ... | |
| Need an audio brainiac...Stumped... This Wikipedia writeup seems relevant.My suspicion is that there is nothing wrong with the speakers, and that some marginal instability in the amplifier is being brought out by the particular impedance characteristics of the Santana.The following ... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Thanks, Zavato. As you realize, Lincoln Walsh is better known these days for having developed the Walsh driver, used in Ohm speakers, than for his earlier Brook Electronics Company. Even though Brook manufactured what were as far as I am aware the... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers GSM beat me to it! I was about to post the following:To the many good inputs that have been provided I would add the better makers of high quality tube electronics in the 1950's and 1960's, including among others:Marantz (the present company is th... | |
| Stereo sub out to mono, is it safe? Thanks, Loomis. I've answered in your other thread.Best regards,-- Al |